Medals & Coins, Arms & Militaria - 03 May 2018
The C.B.E. group of eleven medals to Captain (later Rear Admiral) James F. Figgins
The C.B.E. group of eleven medals to Captain (later Rear Admiral) James F. Figgins, Royal Navy: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander's neck badge (military), 2nd type, cased, extremely fine; Naval General Service 1909-62, clasp: Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (MATE. J. FIGGINS, R.N. H.M.S. SWIFTSURE); 1914-15 Star, British War Medal 1914-20, Victory Medal (LIEUT. J. FIGGINS. R.N.); 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Defence, British War 1939-45, Jubilee 1935, Coronation 1937, the last ten mounted for wearing, good very fine; with two sets of dress miniatures, one including the C.B.E. and WWII Awards, the other earlier; together with an Admiralty pin badge, an H.M.S. Firedrake tug-of-war prize fob (Harwich Forces 1916), and a quantity of associated ephemera.
C.B.E. New Year Honours 1942
The first officer to be promoted Captain via the Rank of Mate (ref. www.dreadnoughtproject.org